Gas-generator.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

A. H. JONES.

GAS GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24. 1995.

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wi/tmeoow ieo ABRAM II. JONES, OF HARTFORD CITY, INDIANA.

GAS-GENERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1906.

Application filed July 24,1965. Serial No. 271,002

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM H. JoNEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at I-Iartford City, in the county of Blackford and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in gas-machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character in which gas may be produced from either oil or coal, or a com bination of both.

Another object is to provide means whereby the gas produced in the generator may be thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arran 'ement of parts, as will be hereinafter descri ed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gas-machine constructed and arranged in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the generator and the centrifu al oil-injecting device, and Fig. 4 is a detai sectional view of the centrifugal oilinjecting device.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the generator, which consists of a suitable receptacle, preferably formed of metal, which is lined with walls formed of fire-brick and is divided into end and centrally-disposed compartments by means of transversely-disposed partitions 2, which extend to the top of the dome or arch-shaped cover 3 of the generator. The end compartments 4 and 5 are generating-chambers, while the central compartment 6 serves as amiXingchamber. In the end compartments adjacent to the partitions 2 are arranged breakerwalls 7, formed of fire-brick, said walls eX- tending up toward the top of the body portion of the generator, thus leaving a space between the upper end of the same and the arch-shaped cover 3.

In the lower ends of the partitions 2 are formed a series of apertures a to permit the passage of the gas formed in the generatingchambers 4 and 5 into the mixing-chamber 6.

In the side walls of the generator-compartments 4 and 5 are formed suitably-closed manholes 8, and in the opposite ends of the same are formed inlet-holes into which pipes 9 are inserted and through which the gasforming material is injected. The generator 1 is supported upon a suitable base or platform 10 and is supplied with heat in any suitable manner. As shown in Fig. 3, a hole I) is formed in the bottom of the generator to supply air thereto, and through this opening the spray of oil and steam is ignited.

Adjacent to one end of the generator 1 on the base 10 is arranged a supporting-bracket 1.2, on which is disposed a centrifugal oil-inj ecting device 13, said device consisting of a cylindrical casing in which is revolubly mounted a turbine-wheel 14, above which and resting thereon is arranged a perforated plate 15. In one side of the casing of the injector is arranged a steam-supply pipe 16, said pipe being connected to said casing at an angle tangent to the turbine-wheel, where-- by the steam entering through said pipe will strike the blades of said wheel and rapidly revolve the same. In the top of the casing is arranged an oil-supply pipe 17, through which oil is fed into the injector and onto the perforated plate therein. In the side of the casing opposite to that having the steamsupply pipe is arranged a discharge-pipe 18, said discharge-pipe projecting through the inlet-hole of the generating-compartment 4., whereby the oil and steam from the centrifugal injector are introduced into said comp artment in the form of a fine spray.

In the inlet-opening of the opposite generator-compartment 5 is inserted the nozzle 9 of a coal-injecting device. (Not shown.) Said coal is fed into the compartment 5 in the form of a fine dust by means of steam or compressed air, and the coal being thus reduced to a powder is injected into the com- I partment in the form of a spray. As shown in Fig. 3, a hole 0 is formed in the bottom of the generator to supply air thereto, and through this hole the coaldust is ignited.

The gas when formed in the compartments at each end of the generator will be drawn by suction over the breaker-walls 7 and through the openings a in the lower ends of the partitions 2 and into the mixingchamber 6, where said gases are mixed and from which the same pass through a d scharge-pipe 19, arranged on the arch-shaped cover of the generator, and from thenceinto a receiving-box of a wet scrubber 21. The wet scrubber 21. consists of a verticallyd sposed cylndrlcal receptacle 22, on the upper end of which is arranged the receivingbox 20. In the bottom of the receiving-box 20 is arranged a perforated plate 23, and in the cover of the receiving-box is formed a water-inlet 24. In the receptacle 22 is arranged a centrally-disposed supporting-rod 25, on which is secured a series of circular d.sks or plates 26, said disks being spaced apart at suitable intervals in said receptacle. There may be any suitable number of the plates or disks 26, four of the same being shown in the present instance. The two upper-plates of said series are provided with perforations or apertures 27, the perforations of the upper plate be'ng considerably larger than those of the lower plate. As the gas passes into the receiving-box 20 of the scrubber and through the receptacle 22 water is forcibly sprayed upon the same through the inlet-opening 24.

In the bottom of the scrubber-receptacle 22 is arranged a disharge-pipe 28, which communicates with the lower end of a second wet scrubber 29, said second scrubber consisting of a cylindrical receptacle 30, arranged on the base 10 and having on its upper end a removable cap 31. In the receptacle is arranged a water-supply pipe 32,

,on the end of which adjacent to the bottom of the receptacle 30 is arranged a perforated discharge nozzle or rose 33. The gas entering the lower end of the receptacle 30 passes upwardly throu h the same and through the spray of water from the nozzle 33 to a discharge-pipe 34, arranged in the receptacle 30 near the upper end of the same. In the lower end of the receptacles 22 and 30 are arranged drip-pipes 35, which project into drip-receptacles 36, arranged beneath the wet scrubbers, said receptacles 36 be ng connected by a pipe 37, and in one of the same is formed an overflowopening 28.

Arranged on the base 10 between the two wet scrubbers is a dry scrubber, said dry scrubber consisting of a cylindrical recep tacle 40, having on its upper end a removable cap 411. In the receptacle 40, adjacent to the bottom of the same, is arranged a horizontally-d sposed perforated partition-plate 42, below which in one side of the receptacle is connected a suction discharge-pipe 43, extending through a gas-compressor (Not shown.) The upper end of the receptacle 40 is connected with the discharge-pipe 34 of the second wet scrubber, whereby the gas from the latter scrubber passes into the dry scrubber and through a suitable clean 11g and drying material in said receptacle. The dry ing and cleaning material contained in the dry scrubber may be of any suitable characteiybut is preferably formed of coke and exce S101. i

1. In a gasmachine, the combination with j a supporting-base, of a generator arranged thereon, said generator having formed therein separate generating-compartments to receive oil and coal-dust, breaker-walls in said compartments, means whereby said oil is mixed with steam and injected into one compartment of said generator, means for the injection of said coal-dust into thegenerator, means for igniting said oil and coal-dust, means whereby the gas from said oil and coaldust is mixed in said generator and a series of scrubbers and purifiers arranged on said base to receive the mixed gas from said generator, substantially as described.

2. In a gas-machine, the combination with a supporting-base, of a generator arranged on said base, said generator having arranged therein partitions to divide the same into generating and mixing compartments, breaker-walls in said compartments, means whereby oil and coal-dust are injected into said generating-compartment in the form ofa spray, the gas from said oil and coal being commingled 1n said mixing-compartment, wet scrubbers arranged on said base to receive the gas from said mixing-compartmentand a dry scrubber to receive the gas from said wet scrubbers, substantially as described.

3. In a gas-machine of the character described, the combination with a supportingbase, of a generator arranged thereon, said generator having arranged therein a domeshaped cover, transversely-disposed partitions arranged in said generator to divide the same into generating and mixing compartments, said partitions having formed in their lower ends a series of apertures forming passages between the generating and mixing compartments, means for injecting oil, steam and coal-dust into said compartments, breaker-walls arranged in said generatingcompartments adjacent to said apertured partitions, and extending only part way up in said com artments, whereby gas from the oil and coa in the latter may pass over said walls and be drawn through the apertured partitions into said mixing-chamber, wet scrubbers arranged on said base to receive the commingled gases from said mixingchamber and a dry scrubber to receive the gas from said wet scrubbers, substantially as described.

4. In a gas-machine, the combination with a supporting-base, of a generator arranged thereon, said generator having formed therein separate generating compartments to receive fire, steam and coal-dust, means for injecting oil steam and coal-dust into said compartments, and mixing-compartment in which the gases from said generating-compartments are commingled, a centrifugal oil and steam mixing and injecting device adapted to spray oil and steam into one of sai generating-compartments, wet scrubbers to receive the gas from said mixing-compartment, and a dry scrubber to receive the gas from said wet scrubbers, substantially as de scribed.

5. In a gas-machine, the combination with a supporting-base, of a generator arranged thereon, said generator having formed there in separate generating-compartments to receive oil and coal-dust, and a mixing-compartment into which the gas from said generating-compartment is drawn and commingled, a centrifugal oil and steam mixing and injecting device to spray oil and steam into one of said generating-compartments, said mixing and injecting device consisting of a cylindrical casing, a turbine-wheel revolubly mounted in said casing, a erforated plate arranged above said whee a steam-inlet pipe arranged in said casing tangent to said turbinewheel, an oil-inlet pipe arranged in the top of said casing, and a steam and coal discharge pipe arranged in the side of the casing opposite to said steam-inlet pipe and in communication with one of the generatingcompartments of said generator, and wet and dry scrubbers to receive the gas from the mixing-compartment of said generator, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ABRAM H. JONES. Witnesses:

CHRISTIAN KELLER, WILLIAM N. CRONINd v 

